Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-04-Speech-1-093"
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"Mr President, I want to begin by thanking the two rapporteurs for their work on two important directives. I shall concentrate on the directive concerning information and consultation rights of employees, but I also want to say something about working time of persons whose occupation is the performance of mobile road-transport activities. It is very important that self-employed people should now be included, even if there is a transitional period, for we are concerned here with protective legislation for those whose job it is to drive lorries. In work of this kind, there is no difference between being employed and being self-employed. Just as Mr Schmid says, this is also a road safety issue and, from that point of view, it makes no difference whether the person driving is employed or self-employed.
Where information and consultation are concerned, I agree with Mrs van den Burg who, in her speech, said that the directive was of historic importance. It
of historic importance. Three women have been involved. I can add a fourth. When, in June during the Swedish Presidency, the Council succeeded in reaching a common position, which laid the basis for this directive, a female Swedish minister was also involved.
I think it quite obvious that there should be this type of information and consultation in an internal market, that an internal market is not only about companies’ rights but also employees’ rights and that the latter must be informed and be able to put forward their views.
Sometimes, people in Sweden can be heard saying, ‘What does this really mean for Sweden when we, of course, have much better legislation?’ Well now, that is true. Our legislation is such that this directive does not perhaps affect us at all. That being said, minimum directives are still important, not only for those countries which do not have such good legislation but also, indirectly, to prevent an internal market with social dumping arising whereby companies are set up whose employees suffer poor conditions. Accordingly, it is important for all the countries that we should increase the minimum levels and have minimum directives that lead to better conditions.
Finally, I again want to thank the rapporteurs for two good directives. I hope that we can go further and improve information and consultation in the future."@en1
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